Nintendo DS - Did You Know Gaming? Feat. Dazz

In this episode, Did You Know Gaming takes a look at some facts, secrets, Easter eggs and history of the Nintendo DS. The NDS was the follow up to the popular Game Boy Advance (GBA), and featured all of Nintendo's hit franchises at the time, including Super Mario, The Legend of Zelda, Pokemon, and even Metroid. The system started it life as 'Iris', but had several iterations. The Nintendo DS Lite and Nintendo DSi were made later in the handheld's life, and was emulated on the Nintendo 3DS, and there was even a Nintendo DS emualtor on the Wii U. Through our analysis of the console's development, Nintendo DS games and their gameplay and beta builds, we hope to show some of the more interesting facts from the making of the Nintendo DS and have its history explained.

Video Editing by Luis Illingworth @HeyRaguio
Research/Writing by Kiki McIntyre

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[drygnfyre]

The DS surviving an ascent up Everest shouldn't surprise anyone. A Game Boy survived being blown up during Desert Storm and still worked.

[ShadowArtist]

I remember when they shut down the online servers for the DS and Wii. It's terrifying to think they might do that for 3DS. **cradles 7-year-old 3DS like a child**

[marscaleb]

A little disappointed that you didn't pay the DS startup sound at the start of the video.

[MrRhysisGrant]

I feel like the DSi was kind of conceptually ahead of its time when they were released. A lot of it's features started showing up on smart phones years after it's release.

[housbous]

“If the ds succeeds, then we rise to heaven. If the ds fails then we fall to hell” sounds like something said in a bioshock game XD

[danielmartin]

"If the DS succeeds, we will rise to heaven, but if it fails we will sink to hell."

Good thing it didn't fail, huh?

[Nuevexdd]

I've never seen someone telling this easter egg:
In the DSi Song editor, there are some sound effects when pressing the L or R buttons, if you press those 100 times, you'll be able to hear an 8-bit 1UP Sound.
Interesting that I've never encountered someone who tells this

[fussypuckr]

ok so their DS survives a whole mountain climb while mine snaps in half after tumbling down my stairs

[Sporkguy]

Thank you guys for featuring music for some of my favorite DS games, games I had a great time with: The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks, and a little nostalgia hit of Phoenix Wright at the very end.

[Skyztamer]

*Immediately mentions NDS piracy and Pokemon Platinum*

Me: *suspiciously slides under chair*

[TheRealDustinNunn]

When the later models of the DS came out, the GBA cartridge slot was removed and that really ticked me off.

[TallenMokei]

it still hurts hearing Former President Satoru Iwata.

[Outside]

Did you know? Hyperdimension Neptunia has a villain called Arfoire, named after the R4 card.

[JonJaded]

>rise to heaven
>wii u comes out
heaven aint so pretty

[ObiTrev]

*Did you Know:* The Nintendo DS was also a very popular handheld with adults thanks to its Brain Age Software. Also, it was used in museums as a virtual tour guide.

[Certifiable]

Still break out my DS lite every so often! Definitely a worthy successor to my Game Boy I got in Christmas of '89!

[spynae]

"a slightly higher pitch." That's an entire octave, the pitch is literally twice as high.

[tielmaster]

Man they're making DS videos.

I'm old.

[kevinr.]

"Slightly higher pitch".
Up by an octave.

[thattailsguy]

This and the Wii were the consoles that introduced me to Nintendo and their great games